It’s not that often that we get to see revolutionary loudspeaker designs from the big brands. Many interesting patents are filed by smaller, obscure even brands and these tend to be transformed into very pricey products just because the smaller brands don’t have enough resources to commercialize their models in big quantities. Some of the patents are noticed and put to good use by the bigger brands, and this is exactly what happened with Sony’s Sountina concept speaker.

The Sountina NSA-PF1 non-directional speaker has been in development for a few years now, not to mention that it spent more than a year in concept stage. The speaker has a peculiar design, resembling a six-foot tall lightsabre, with its upper part made of organic glass that vibrates within the 50-20,000Hz range. The sctual power output is not specified, but the system incorporates a 13 cm subwoofer in the lower part, as well as a 7 cm mid-frequency driver, while the tweeter is integrated in the upper organic glass structure.

The novelty speaker comes packed with quite a few connectors, including an analog RCA, digital coax and optical TOS. The system also supports up to 24bit/96kHz stereo linear PCM and is accompanied by a slick aluminum remote. The base of the speaker will be available in black or silver (clad in leather) and will incorporate three color LEDs that can be adjusted to suit the environment.

Being that futuristic, the Sountina system is expected to set you back $10,200 and will hit the Japanese market on June 20th. Imagine what it would have cost if some obscure brand had managed to release the Sountina. Anyway, if you buy this thing, remember to shield it from pets and hyped kids, you don’t really want a sea of shattered organic glass in the middle of your living room.